Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Hayden, Paul (b. 1956).
Gender
Male
Work
Guttersnipe. Charleston, IL: Magnolia Music Press.
I Walkabout
II Guttersnipe Lied
(III Blatherskate)
I Walkabout
II Guttersnipe Lied
(III Blatherskate)
Duration
6 (8) minutes
Description
Composed in 1992, this piece was commissioned by and dedicated to William Ludwig. He premiered the work at the 1992 IDRS Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. A revised version dates from 2000 and omits the third movement. This piece is a tour-de-force for extended techniques, and requires tongue slaps with and without the reed, harmonics, timbral trills, quarter-tones, multiphonics, glissandi, and flutter-tonguing. This is a very colorful atonal avant-garde work that is challenging, but not extremely so, once the new techniques are mastered. The piece ascends to D5. Instructions and fingerings for the extended techniques are provided, and are carefully notated.
Reference
IDRS Journal 24, 1996.
Date Range of Work
1992, 2000